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...foreigners boosted Musingku's stature, and hence his potential to take more money from Bougainvilleans. They also believe it has jeopardised health programs and disrupted peace negotiations. "All hell broke loose" when the jet landed, says the P.N.G. government's district manager Otto Noruka. "There was talk of a trillion US dollars ... the plane just reinforced it," he says. "They were capitalizing on the illiteracy of the people...
...TRILLION Number of calculations IBM's new Blue Gene/L performs per second, making it the fastest supercomputer in the world...
...trillion New federal debt ceiling approved by Congress, equal to about 70% of U.S. annual...
...Number of times Congress has raised the debt limit since 2001--when the budget surplus became a deficit--boosting the U.S. credit line by $2.2 trillion...
...business executives of all stripes have poured into Libya--especially oil executives. Oil accounts for more than 90% of Libya's revenues. At a time when world oil prices are over $50 per bbl., analysts estimate that Libya's known oil reserves hold 30 billion bbl.--more than $1 trillion worth--enough to keep the pumps turning in Libya for decades. What's more, only about 25% of the country has yet been explored. Already this year, some 120 companies have joined Libya's first open bidding process to dig for new oil in 15 areas; the bid results...